Matt Hardy Claims to Be Retiring from WWE - But Is He?

Veteran WWE wrestler Matt Hardy says he's retiring from in-ring competition, but is his declaration sincere, or just another storyline? Unlike most scripted TV shows, the line between where a WWE wrestler's onscreen character ends and his real life persona begins is often very blurry. This goes back to the roots of professional wrestling as a genre of entertainment, which once mandated its performers to maintain character at all times when interacting with fans, in order to keep up the illusion that the results of the matches in the ring weren't predetermined. Nowadays, wrestlers often...Read more ...